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Paul Copley
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Paul is a long established and much respected British actor and voiceover artist. Born in Denby Dale, West Riding of Yorkshire, on 25th November 1944 he grew up beside a dairy farm. His father, Harold, was involved with local amateur dramatic productions, as were the rest of his family. He went to Penistone Grammar School, then the Northern Counties College of Education in Newcastle upon Tyne, where he received an Associate of the Drama Board (ADB) in Drama. He taught English and Drama in Walthamstow, before he joined the Leeds Playhouse Theatre-in-education Company in 1971. In 1976, Paul won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a New Play for his role in John Wilson's For King and Country. With many and varied roles to follow, Paul soon established himself as one of the UK's leading stage, film, television and radio actors. In 2011-2015 Paul gained worldwide recognition appearing in 16 episodes of the hugely popular television series Downton Abbey playing the popular role of farmer Mr Mason. Paul is married to the actress Natasha Pyne. They married in 1972, after both performing in a Leeds Playhouse production of Frank Wedekind's Lulu, adapted by Peter Barnes, directed by Bill Hays in 1971.
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Paul is a long established and much respected British actor and voiceover artist. Born in Denby Dale, West Riding of Yorkshire, on 25th November 1944 he grew up beside a dairy farm. His father, Harold, was involved with local amateur dramatic productions, as were the rest of his family. He went to Penistone Grammar School, then the Northern Counties College of Education in Newcastle upon Tyne, where he received an Associate of the Drama Board (ADB) in Drama. He taught English and Drama in Walthamstow, before he joined the Leeds Playhouse Theatre-in-education Company in 1971. In 1976, Paul won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a New Play for his role in John Wilson's For King and Country. With many and varied roles to follow, Paul soon established himself as one of the UK's leading stage, film, television and radio actors. In 2011-2015 Paul gained worldwide recognition appearing in 16 episodes of the hugely popular television series Downton Abbey playing the popular role of farmer Mr Mason. Paul is married to the actress Natasha Pyne. They married in 1972, after both performing in a Leeds Playhouse production of Frank Wedekind's Lulu, adapted by Peter Barnes, directed by Bill Hays in 1971.
Known For
Midsomer Murders
Casualty
The Royal
Call the Midwife
Heartbeat
Moving On
The Paradise Club
Silent Witness
Father Brown
BBC Play of the Month
Downton Abbey
The Coroner
Secret Army
Dalziel & Pascoe
Tenko
Vera
New Tricks
Clocking Off
The Street
Waking the Dead
Life on Mars
Messiah
DI Ray
Nice Guy Eddie
Inspector George Gently
Harry
Queer as Folk
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Code of a Killer
Silas Marner
Enola Holmes
Burn It
Speech Day
The Shadow in the North
The Remains of the Day
Broken
Last Tango in Halifax
Ghost in the Water
Jude
A Christmas Carol
Bird Fancier
The Lakes
Arnhem: The Story of an Escape
Diane
Johnny and the Bomb
Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus
Rose Ayling-Ellis: Old Hands, New Tricks
Roughnecks
Carved with Love: The Genius of British Woodwork
Cries from a Watchtower
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